x86 calls dmi_scan_machine() to initialize DMI from setup_arch(). ia64 calls dmi_scan_machine() from core_initcall() Maybe they should both call it from the same place? Also, ia64 should not parse entries which are known at compile-time to be x86 specific thanks, Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html